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Five Forks

1979 · 90 min

A wry Spanish comedy of manners that ambles through awkward domestic entanglements with a light, faintly cynical touch.

Directed by
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Concha Velasco, José «Saza» Sazatornil, Rafael Alonso
Overview
Aurelio and Maruja are a couple who has a fancy restaurant. Both have to take care of his godson Miguel as his father, the cook of the restaurant, flees from justice after having killed his wife because she was unfaithful. Miguel, a handsome young man, tricks Maruja and leaves her pregnant.

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Directed by
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Concha Velasco, José «Saza» Sazatornil, Rafael Alonso
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • deception
    • betrayal
    • family
    Places
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Fernando Fernán Gómez
    Written by
    Manuel Ruiz Castillo, Esmeralda Adam García
    Starring
    Concha Velasco, José «Saza» Sazatornil, Rafael Alonso, Agustín González, William F. Sully, Manuel de Benito, Alicia Sánchez, Manuel de Blas
    Runtime
    90 min
    Languages
    Spanish

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